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ODA celebrates
Weights & Measures Week
REYNOLDSBURG, OH (March 1, 2016) – To honor the hard work of all
weights and measures officials, including those housed at the Ohio
Department of Agriculture (ODA), Gov. John Kasich has declared the week
of March 1-7 Ohio Weights and Measures Week.
Weights and measures officials work to both protect consumers and
provide fair competition among businesses. Weights and Measures Week is
celebrated March 1-7 each year to commemorate John Adams signing the
first United States weights and measures law on March 2, 1799.
Today ODA’s Division of Weights and Measures works daily with county
and city officials to ensure the accuracy of devices ranging from
retail store scanners to gas pumps to livestock scales, to name a few.
The division is also home to one of only four National Type Evaluation
Program laboratories in the nation, which tests and evaluates new scale
designs and technology.
“With the combination of the hard work of our Division of Weights and
Measures officials and the first-rate technology our laboratories have
to offer, Ohioans are assured of a strong and accurate marketplace”
said Ohio Agriculture Director David T. Daniels.
In addition, the department is home to Ohio’s Metrology Laboratory,
which houses the state’s standards of mass, length and volume. In 2008,
the lab received accreditation to the International Standard of
Organization 17025. This assures necessary traceability for Ohio
manufacturers and businesses using these services.
For more information about the department’s Division of Weights and
Measures, visitwww.agri.ohio.gov.
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